The Efficacy of Music Therapy Programs on the Development of Social Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The work was written in clear language. It's nice that you detailed the research process. I think it is a mid-range work in terms of originality. Although I do not think that the findings obtained have a very high power in terms of contribution to the field,  but it still can be considered as a clean literature review and field study. 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer, 

 Thank you for your comments on our study. We tried to gather literature regarding the efficacy of music therapy programs in children with ASD in the decade 2013-2023. We have found beneficial elements regarding the efficacy of music programs in social communication of children with ASD which could be beneficial for professionals and parents.

Thank you once again!

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Thank you for this excellent Review on Music therapy and  Autism. The article focuses on the effect(s) of music therapy interventions on social skills and  communication in school-aged and preschool-aged children with ASD. your work is well written and has a clear and logic flow and your Findings are presented in an comprehensive way ( both Table and Text) A practical Implication part with ideas for implementing the findings from these research studies  in the education Sector would benefit the discussion  

*please go through your text for minor spellings  mistakes

 

Comments on the Quality of English Language

In general your paper is clear and well written indicating an excellent use of English Language  However there are only a few grammatical errors

please go through your text for minor spellings  mistakes

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

thank you for your comments.

According to your first comment that we should include practical implications, we have added a section before the conclusions with practical implications for implementing the findings from these research studies in the Education Sector (we have highlighted with yellow color).

According to your second comment we went through all the text and we corrected all the spelling mistakes (they are highlighted with yellow color).

Thank you!